Communists Barred From Johnstown Camp as Tensions Rise
In Johnstown Pennsylvania Mayor Eddie McCloskey warned radicals they cannot address the bonus expeditionary force in Central Park tonight. In Washington federal agents evacuated the bonus army with a steam shovel, drawing criticism from Governor Gifford Pinchot who called the treatment cruel if the veterans were Chinese. Pinchot said he would address the men at the Johnstown camp if possible.
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Johnstown
Eddie McCloskey
Bonus
Central Park
Harrisburg
U.P
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Butte to Visit Johnstown to Urge Troops Home
General Smedley D. Butler will go to Johnstown Pa to urge the men in the bonus expeditionary force to return to their homes. He says the group has become disorganized and their continued presence harms their cause and themselves. He adds he will aid soldiers and veterans and notes a new plan for those without homes may be devised.
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Newtown Square
Smedley D. Butte
Johnstown
Republicans sharpen critique as Roosevelt efforts unfold
Washington reports show Republicans studying Franklin D. Roosevelt's latest campaign speech for flaws while Massachusetts governor Joseph B. Ely pledges loyalty to Roosevelt. Close ally Frank C. Walker named to lead the drive for his appointment as treasurer of the Democratic national committee, and Everett Sanders of the national committee says Calvin Coolidge will assist Hoover's campaign.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Ely
New York
Frank C. Walker
Walker
Democratic National Committee
James A. Farley
Everett Sanders
National Committee
Rutland
Vermont
Calvin Coolidge
Hoover
Moscow Market Prices and Small Town Anecdotes
Quotations show high prices for butter five fifty per pound and other goods in Moscow markets. A lighthearted piece follows a school principal nicknamed Miss Julia touring New York and a tale of a bachelor’s dog ride home using a ten cent taxi.
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Moscow
Racketeer Slays Woman And Then Kills Himself
New York report details Robert L. Conroy linked to a machine gun murder, and a platinum haired woman found dead in a dingy flat along with counterfeiting gear. Secret service notes reveal a black book with names of two U S senators and others, plus photographs used for blackmail. Counterfeit five dollar notes bearing Lincoln and serial number B71968471 were drying on blotting paper.
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New York
Robert L.conroy
Toledo
Secret Service
United States
Lincoln
Trade meeting pressure on Britain over tariffs grows
At the Imperial conference in Ottawa delegates push Britain to commit to tariff preferences. South Africa's N C Havenga accuses Baldwin of misrepresenting trade balance and links SA with Australia in demanding concrete terms. Canada seeks protection for home industries and concessions on coal steel and textiles in exchange for export rate differences. Continued on Page Two.
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Ont
Great Britain
N. C. Havenga
Dominions
South Africa
Australia
Havenga
Stanley Baldwin
Union of South Africa
United Kingdom
Canada
Man Kills Self After Shooting Estranged Wife in New Orleans
Hugh LeFevre a 40 year old Macon Georgia supply agent for the Southern railway shot his estranged wife Mrs Inez LeFevre at her brother Jesse Vaughns home in New Orleans then killed himself after wounding her. The couple had been separated for months with prior domestic trouble including a June 1 incident and a custody dispute over their 13 year old daughter Dorothy. LeFevre returned to New Orleans with the girl Sunday morning after forcibly taking her to Macon three weeks earlier.
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New Orleans
Hugh LeFevre
Macon
Southern Railway
Inez LeFervre
Coolidge Calls for Economy Drive and Big Business Unity
Former President Calvin Coolidge urged wage earners and business men to unite in a non partisan effort to stabilize the economy. In a letter to Admiral Richard Byrd, he endorsed leadership in public opinion for constructive economy and urged organized volunteer effort.
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Boston
Calvin Coolidge
Richard E. Byrd
National Economy League
Admiral Byrd
League
Hitler Bid To Seize Power Stopped After Election
Berlin reports say Hitler’s push for full control was halted after yesterday’s elections. A Koenigsberg dispatch notes a communist leader and a Communist party figure shot in a post election riot, with attackers believed to be National Socialists. Police also repelled an attack on a Jewish Citizens’ Society member’s home.
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Berlin
A_ press
Koenigsberg
Herr Lauff
Communist Party
Zirpius
Jewish Citizens’ Society
Adolf Hitler
Germany
General von Schleicher
Hitler
Seventeen Die In Weekend Southern Accidents
Weekend accidents across Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Virginia took seventeen lives. Auto crashes killed eleven, trains two, a fall one, and drownings three. Names include Martha Trotter, William Hall, Clayton Rose, Carl Morgan, Walter Bean, Sanford Adkins, Norman Hopkins, and others.
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South
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Virginia
Martha Trotter
Cumberland River
Nashville
Tenn
William Hall
Madisonville
Clayton Rose
Kingston
Carl Morgan
Jackson
Walter Bean
Chattanooga
Soddy Mountain
Mayodan
N. C
Sanford Adkins
Norman Hopkins
Asheboro
Statesville
George Shipman
Union
S. C
Frances Abell
Columbia
Ss. C
George P. Kodel
Winter Haven
Fla
Yemassee
Frank Heck
Canada River
Birmingham
Ala
John K. Havens, Jr
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Gideon S. Abernathy
Grenada
Miss
Alvin Black
Virginia Beach
Fayre Grevity
Armachee
Oil Found At Eros Test Well In Ouachita Parish
S C Wilson reports first crude from Williams No 1 in Ouachita parish. The 3 500 foot sample from section 5 16 1 yielded gravity 31 8 and 40 percent gasoline content. Local chemist B W Rumbarger called it among the cleanest crude he has seen. Drilling halted at 3 500 feet. oil collected after weeks closed hole remains levels unknown. Further tests planned to locate best producer. Wilson Drilling company officers and directors listed.
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S. C. Wilson
Wilson Drilling Company
Ouachita Parish
Williams No. 1
B. W. Rumbarger
Eros
Quachita Parish
George Lester
J. J. Potts
I. Shlenker
A. M. Thornton
G. K. Primos
F. Strauss
L. J. Hart
Glassford Attacks U S Raids Amid Bonus Riot Probe
Washington action pits Police Superintendent Pelham Glassford against federal agents over the drive against alleged communists linked to the bonus army unrest. Glassford, named as the first witness in a grand jury investigation, vows not to endorse persecution and threatens ousting Inspector O T Davis for a raid on alleged communists last Friday.
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Washington
U.P
Pelham Glassford
Bonus Army
Glassford
Hoover
O. T. Davis
Police Crime Prevention Bureau
Davis
Torrential Rain Drowns Three in Anderson County
Severe flooding from heavy rains washed out bridges in western Anderson county. Victims include Herman Holcomb, 35, of Anderson, Henry Mack, 24, and his wife, also of Anderson. Lucy Jefferson survives after a near drowning. Holcomb’s car disappeared into a washed-out state highway section at 3 a.m. and two others perished in Taylor's creek.
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Anderson
S. C
Anderson County
Herman Holcomb
Henry Mack
Lucy Jefferson
Holcomb
R. G. Jefferson
Taylor's Creek
Paraguay Mobilizes as War Fears Rise with Bolivians
In Asuncion the government backs general mobilization of all armed forces after reports of a Bolivian attack on Fort Boqueron. Volunteers flood trains from the interior bearing medals of the Virgin of Caacupe while reservists gather at the stadium. Marriage licenses rush as brides rush to front. Mennonite groups protest the plan.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Paraguayan Congress
Fort Boqueron
Puerto Sajonia
National Arsenal
United States
Canada
Forts Island
Martinez
Recording Band to Appear Here on Saturday August 6
Slatz Randall and 11 musicians will provide music for a dance at Hotel Frances on August 6 and will stay for a six week engagement. The group arrives from Chicago for its first Brunswick appearance in the state and has performed at top hotels in New York Chicago Milwaukee Detroit and Kansas City and at major universities in the Midwest and East.
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Slatz Randall
Hotel Frances
Randall
Chicago
Brunswick
New York
Milwaukee
Detroit
Kansas City
Middle West
East
Guilty Pleas Reported In District Court Arraignments
Pleas of guilty were entered in many district court cases this morning on misdemeanor charges. Carrie Knight received 10 days in jail and a $50 fine plus costs or 69 additional days for selling whiskey. Fred Gill got 30 days and a $100 fine or 60 days more. Wade Roscoe’s case was nolle pressed. Several white merchants admitted guilt for allowing slot machines. fines were $25 and costs or 30 days.
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Carrie Knight
J. T. Shell
Fred Gill
Wade Roscoe
Gill
Roscoe
Nolle
Blowing Whistles End in High Point Textile Strike
In High Point North Carolina 5500 hosiery mill workers return to work at 23 plants after Gov O Max Gardner brokered a settlement The wage scale settled at 2 10 for 100 dozen pairs of men half hose down from 2 25 The parties reached a compromise around 2 12 1 2 and 2 0 as the mill owners maximum.
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High Point
N. C
U.P
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Raleigh
Explosion hits Ritz Towers. firemen among dead in Park Avenue disaster
An explosion at the Ritz Towers on Park Avenue during a blaze killed or seriously injured at least a dozen men, most of them firemen trapped in the basement. Jewelry shop debris scattered gems valued at over 100000 as detectives search for missing pieces and victims. Lieut. Hartnett of the 16th truck company was among the first identified dead.
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New York
Ritz Towers
Park Avenue
Lieut. Hartnett
16Th Truck Company
Thomas Kirkpatrick
57Th Street
Kirkpatrick
Local Plumbing House Signs Up Big Contract
Fayetteville Arkansas August 15 start date planned for the $207200 plumbing and heating work on the new veterans hospital. W J Riley states the contract to be the largest his firm has secured with 25 to 30 local workers and a Kansas City bid of $208000 as closest rival.
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Veterans” Hospital
Fayetteville
Ark
W. J. Riley
Riley
Kansas City
New Neville High
Hotel Frances
Woman Bluebeard Faces Return to Idaho Prison
Lyda Southard, dubbed the feminine bluebeard, faces extradition back to Idaho after escape from Boise penitentiary during a 10 year term for the fly paper poisoning of Ed F. Meyer. She admitted her identity by fingerprint and awaits extradition decision as authorities pursue related deaths.
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Topeka
Kas
Lyda Southard
Idaho
Ed F. Meyer
Bluebeard
Perry Brush
R. E. Thomas
Boise
Theodosia Whitlock
Whitlock
Governor Allen Sets November 8 for Special Election
Baton Rouge August 1 Governor O K Allen announced a special election to fill an unnamed seat on November 8. The proclamation confirms the statewide timing and aims to resolve the vacancy.
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Sey Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
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